Mole's Gul T-5R

**MoleT-5R** · Wednesday 2nd March 2016, 15:08

Originally Posted by Jamest5r

Needs a new coil

but I have a spare one or 2...

**djalex.16** · Monday 7th March 2016, 14:08

We

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

**claymore** · Monday 7th March 2016, 15:07

Originally Posted by djalex.16

We

Who let you on here?

**MoleT-5R** · Monday 7th March 2016, 15:38

Originally Posted by claymore

Who let you on here?

lol......and he's still not making sense as normal....

**MoleT-5R** · Monday 7th March 2016, 15:56

And nobody seems to have noticed a subtle change to the Gul's appearance.......new headlights, I know they are a bit of a marmite thing a some will love em and some will think I've gone mad, although I can't complain at the price for a lighting upgrade for under £70 delivered for the pair. The fit still requires a little fettling for me to be totally happy with them, but they do help to give a 20 year old car a more modern look.

IMG_20160226_152731_923 by moleadrian, on Flickr

IMG_20160226_152717_902 by moleadrian, on Flickr

IMG_20160226_170753_374 by moleadrian, on Flickr

IMG_20160227_082117_655 by moleadrian, on Flickr

**p fandango** · Monday 7th March 2016, 16:09

get them bloody mirrors painted the proper colour

**MoleT-5R** · Monday 7th March 2016, 18:48

Originally Posted by p fandango

get them bloody mirrors painted the proper colour

I have got the correct ones here but most of the tags look to be broken so will respray the black ones Gul soon...

**simonc** · Wednesday 23rd March 2016, 09:32

Great to see a 854 Gul.
I know that Volvo headlights are terrible ( very poor on dip beam ) but those after market headlights look really horrible. The standard headlights suit the car so much better, it must be my age as I like cars looking 100% oem!
At least you will be able to in the dark now though!

**MoleT-5R** · Wednesday 23rd March 2016, 10:06

Originally Posted by simonc

Great to see a 854 Gul.
I know that Volvo headlights are terrible ( very poor on dip beam ) but those after market headlights look really horrible. The standard headlights suit the car so much better, it must be my age as I like cars looking 100% oem!
At least you will be able to in the dark now though!

they'll always be a marmite thing with folks, but I then again I like marmite

I still have the originals kept safe, as I have done always with the mods to our fleet of volvo's as I realise that some day they may need to return to standard to possibly achieve their best market price in the very unlikely event that I could no longer keep them.

**foammanmark** · Wednesday 23rd March 2016, 18:59

Originally Posted by simonc

Great to see a 854 Gul.
I know that Volvo headlights are terrible ( very poor on dip beam ) but those after market headlights look really horrible. The standard headlights suit the car so much better, it must be my age as I like cars looking 100% oem!
At least you will be able to in the dark now though!

My car before Adrian bought it Simon, and I still regret selling her tbh. Think you need to see that car that I've told you about.

**MoleT-5R** · Wednesday 23rd March 2016, 19:12

Originally Posted by foammanmark

My car before Adrian bought it Simon, and I still regret selling her tbh. Think you need to see that car that I've told you about.

and what a lucky chap I was to become it's 10th owner

**foammanmark** · Wednesday 23rd March 2016, 19:14

Originally Posted by MoleT-5R

and what a lucky chap I was to become it's 10th owner

And she gets used how she should now rather than being an ornament in front of our house. She is looking very nice Adrian.

**MoleT-5R** · Wednesday 23rd March 2016, 22:01

Originally Posted by foammanmark

And she gets used how she should now rather than being an ornament in front of our house. She is looking very nice Adrian.

well thank you, she does have a bit of rust coming on the lip of the bootlid above the number plate, which I hope to deal with when the weather is nice and warm, as I can't see the point in trying to sort it now. She's also now just weeping a little oil, so some seals are required and a couple of new handbrake cables as they've reached the end of there working life, but other than that she's going like a trooper, blew a few cobwebs out on a private track at 135 a while back, she would have done more but the private track was a bit too short, so anchors tested into the bargain.....

**foammanmark** · Wednesday 23rd March 2016, 22:25

Originally Posted by MoleT-5R

well thank you, she does have a bit of rust coming on the lip of the bootlid above the number plate, which I hope to deal with when the weather is nice and warm, as I can't see the point in trying to sort it now. She's also now just weeping a little oil, so some seals are required and a couple of new handbrake cables as they've reached the end of there working life, but other than that she's going like a trooper, blew a few cobwebs out on a private track at 135 a while back, she would have done more but the private track was a bit too short, so anchors tested into the bargain.....

I had the handbrake shoes etc sorted just before I sold her so they should be OK still, unless you've been doing handbrake turns?

**MoleT-5R** · Thursday 24th March 2016, 01:34

Originally Posted by foammanmark

I had the handbrake shoes etc sorted just before I sold her so they should be OK still, unless you've been doing handbrake turns?

cable outers have gone in the usual place so now sticking, shoes will be screwed now and more than likely have separated from the back plate.

**foammanmark** · Thursday 24th March 2016, 07:52

Originally Posted by MoleT-5R

cable outers have gone in the usual place so now sticking, shoes will be screwed now and more than likely have separated from the back plate.

Seized on solid a couple of times for me so I stopped using the handbrake until I had it sorted.

**MoleT-5R** · Thursday 24th March 2016, 08:33

Originally Posted by foammanmark

Seized on solid a couple of times for me so I stopped using the handbrake until I had it sorted.

it's funny really as the handbrakes effect is next to none when parking and it then seizes when you want to drive off now, I rock it back then forward to release it, thats what makes me think the shoes have de-laminated, anyway it needs sorting soon.

**foammanmark** · Thursday 24th March 2016, 10:25

Originally Posted by MoleT-5R

it's funny really as the handbrakes effect is next to none when parking and it then seizes when you want to drive off now, I rock it back then forward to release it, thats what makes me think the shoes have de-laminated, anyway it needs sorting soon.

Think that it was after a good wash tbh, which has happened with every Volvo that I've had. Try to take them for a spin after a wash now.

**MoleT-5R** · Friday 10th June 2016, 16:11

Well it was time to get the satellites with the winters on off the car and get her back onto titans for the summer. Unfortunately the 2 front winters have been destroyed in 5 months on the car. I suspected the tracking was the issue here, so I source a full set of tyres from my local wholesaler and headed off to my tyre fitter to have them mounted on the titan's. Back home and fitted the wheels and done a couple of short trips to settle the suspension, before returning to the tyre peeps for a quick suspension checkover and getting the tracking sorted, the suspension all appears ok with no undue movement, the same could not be said for the tracking, which was a mile out so was duly adjusted as necessary. The steering is much nicer now and the steering wheel is straight again, rather than being offset to the drivers side. The steering still has a slight pull to the passenger side but the road surface wasn't great when I checked it.

Also the Gul has taken centre stage on VT's FB page in a very nice photo from their Thockmorton meet last year......thanks Stephen...